Flood-fence



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W. CHANDLER.

FLOOD FENCE.

N0. 567,33 tented Sept. 8,1896.

Witnesses: Inventor- WM c/g Q Attorney.

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W. CHANDLER.

FLOOD FBNGB.

N0; 56%333. 1; ented Sept. 8, 1896.

Attorney.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLTS CHANDLER, OF SELKIRK, MISSdURT.

FLOOD-FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,333, datedSeptember 8, 1896.

Application filed September 20, 1894. Serial No. 523,858. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIs CHANDLER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Ridgewood, in the county of Laclede and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flood-Fences, ofwhich the following is a specification, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawin gs, and to figures ofreference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention has relation to flood-fences; and the object is to providea simple, durable, and practical fence of this class; and to this endthe novelty consists in the construction, combination, and arrangementof the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described, andntrtieularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings the same figures of reference indicate thesame parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved flood-fence. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the stationary stay-plate detached from the fence. Fig. 3is a plan view of one of the hinges used in the construction of thefence, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the fence as it ap pears inoperation.

1 1 represent rigid posts driven firmly in the ground, and in line withand between said posts is fixed a pointed base-piece 2, to which issecured a post 3 by means of ahinge 4, and on the opposite side from thehinge a stay-plate 5 is rigidly secured to the basepiece 2, its upperend projecting above said base-piece and forming a stay or brace for thehinged post 3 when it is in an upright position, and at the same timepermit said hinged post to give with the flood and assume a horizontalposition to allow the floating debris to pass over it.

6 6 are similar pointed base-pieces firmly fixed in the ground, and toeach one is secured a post 7 by means of a hinge 4, and each pair ofcontiguous posts 7 T is connected. by top and bottom rails 8 8, and acontinuous wire 9 is laced back and forth through staples 1O 10 on therails 8 S, to complete the panel. If preferred, in lieu of thecontinuous Wire 9 a series of pointed slats or palings 13 may be used,as shown in the left-hand side of Figs. 1 and 4.

1t 14 are staples secured to the stationary posts 1 1, which engagepivoted hooks 15 15 on the contiguous hinged posts 7 7, and when soengaged support the fence in an upright position. Similar staples let"1i are secured to the inner posts 7 7, to which is connected one end ofthe wire rods 16, the other end of which is secured to similar staples14 on the hinged post 3, so that said post and the panels move togetherwhen acted upon by a flood. 'ihis fence is intended to be located overcreeks and streams in the line of main fence, and during the time offreshets the upper part of the fence is released from the stationaryposts, and it allows the passage of floating debris without damage tothe fence.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A flood-fence, comprising the rigid pointed posts 1 1 provided withstaples as set forth, the pivoted base-piece 2 provided with thestationary stay-plate 5, and the post 3 secured to said base-piece 2 bya hinge at on the side opposite the stay-plate, and provided with thestaples 14 and the wire rods 16, in combination with the intermediatehinged posts 7 having staples 1i, top and bottom rails 8 8,substantially as shown and described.

WILLIS CHANDLER. \Vitnesses:

R. A. IIORTEL, A. A. TAYNAN.

